anarchy99 Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 so ive been advised to make new images for our helpdesks pc's but i find the slipstreamed XP just as laggy as the existing images just for fun i tried tinyXP and find even with our crappy bloated ticketing tools and such it is excelent performace wise on our old PC's the problem is i dont want and cant be a pirate especially in a work enviroment so i ripped the product key with jelly bean from our existing acronis image so i could use it to legitly register tinyXP but it says product key invalid jellybean mentions (X'ed out some info so i dont give it away) Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 Product Part No.: A22-00001 Installed from 'OEM' media. Product ID: 55274-OEM-0011903-00107 match to CD Key data CD Key: HCBR8-FGC2K-RY7BM-XXXXX-XXXXX Computer Name: MXXXXX Registered Owner: XXXX_USER Registered Organization: XXXX so i tried changing the PID in the setupp.ini to OEM to use the key and it still didnt work anyone know how i can get either the windows cd files to accept the key or how i can change the key post install thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAQT Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 If the key is for 'Professional' version as well, call up MS, and do a phone activation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raa Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 You cannot (legally) change from Retail to OEM media. Source an OEM disc and install it from there. There are ways to convert between media types, but this enters the gray-area, and I'm not sure it's wise to discuss such things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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